Abstract
The in vitro effects of different normal and immune sera, rabbit oviductal fluid, and culture media from incubations of female reproductive tissues on the adherence of rabbit spermatozoa to rabbit and rat ova is described. There were no apparent differences in results due to species of ova. Adherence of spermatozoa to ova was not affected by treatment with normal sera. Antisera against materials that contained spermatozoa such as semen epididymal spermatozoa and testis completely inhibited the spermatozoa from attaching to ova and caused considerable agglutination of sperm cells in the incubation slides. When the agglutinating and immobilizing activities of rabbit and goat antisera were removed by papain treatment the antiadherent effect of the antisera was unaffected. Oviductal secretions and concentrated media from the culture of reproductive tissue from female rabbits isoimmunized with semen inhibited adherence of sperm.
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